Tag: World Maritime University

From 29-31 August, the first face-to-face meeting of the Nordplus research project took place in Tallinn, Estonia. “Dealing with anxiety during a pandemic to improve adult well-being” was the theme of the meeting.

The World Maritime University is seeking to find out seafarers’ views on hours of work/rest, workload, and ship manning in a new survey.

The latest virtual regional train-the-trainer course to address the issue of underreporting of marine casualty investigations is underway (11- 29 October), as IMO announced.

IMO has called on all shipping stakeholders to provide input to the Experience Building Phase (EBP) designed to see just how the BWM Convention is working. BIMCO informs that shipowners can now submit such data directly to the World Maritime University. 

The video, released by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, presents Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, the first female president of the World Maritime University (WMU). The video forms part of the TUMI's 'Remarkable Women 2021' report. 

The World Maritime University (WMU) announced it is partnering on the EU funded Horizon 2020 (H2020) research project CHEK - deCarbonizing sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs.

Amid the review meeting for the Cyber-MAR project which took place on 10 November, World Maritime University (WMU) presented the initiative's work progression during its first year.

A team from the World Maritime University (WMU) launched a report, focusing on the systemic failures in the implementation of the regulatory regime for seafarers’ hours of work and rest, undermining the credibility of international regulations relating to working hours.

World Maritime University plans to further boost its partnership and collaboration with Canada. In light of the situation, from 24-26 February, a delegation from WMU visited several agencies in Canada to discuss about the ongoing fellowship program funded by Canada which is focused on Gender Empowerment.

Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU) spoke during the European Shipping Week (ESW) with a keynote address on Gender diversity: Better for People, Better for the Profession, Better for the Industry.